Careers and labour market information: an international review of the evidence

Effective careers advice is impossible without good quality labour market information. Careers professionals and advisers, the people whose job it is to offer and support careers advice in the community or in schools, are key to success. Vital to their work is access and familiarity with a robust and sophisticated body of intelligence about the labour market. [The authors] seek to provide clarity and practical insight for two key audience groups - policymakers and practitioners involved in careers services. [The authors] draw lessons from the evidence to enable policymakers to create excellent careers services, supported by excellent LMI; and assist the providers and users of LMI with insight into what constitutes good practice in its creation and use.